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About UH Mānoa

Founded in 1907, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi System. A destination of choice, students and faculty come from across the nation and the world to take advantage of UH Mānoa's unique research opportunities, diverse community, nationally-ranked Division I athletics program, and beautiful landscape. Consistently ranked a “best value” among U.S. colleges and universities, our students get a great education and have a unique multicultural global experience in a Hawaiian place of learning—truly like no place else on earth.

Academics

Accreditation: Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

Faculty

Full-time faculty: 1,209

Student-faculty ratio: 13:1

Percentage of faculty with doctoral degrees: 87

Research

One of only a handful of universities nationwide to hold the distinction of being a land-, sea-, and space-grant institution, UH Mānoa is ranked in the top 50 public universities in research expenditures by the National Science Foundation. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa maintains a vibrant and active research program with more than $300 million in new extramural funds for research in 2014. UH Mānoa’s faculty includes members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the National Institute of Medicine.

Classified by the Carnegie Foundation as having “very high research activity,” UH Mānoa is known for its pioneering research in such fields as oceanography, astronomy, Pacific Islands and Asian area studies, linguistics, cancer research, and genetics.

Athletics

Member of the Mountain West Conference (football) / Big West Conference

NCAA Division I

Diverse NCAA Division I athletics program with approximately 450 student athletes competing on 21 men’s, women’s and co-ed varsity teams

Campus Life

Student organizations: over 200

Intramural sports: varies by semester

Alumni

More than 170,000 alumni reside in 50 states and more than 100 countries worldwide. Below are just a few of UH Mānoa’s many notable graduates who are leaders in their field:

Neil Abercrombie, MA ’64, PhD ’74, former Governor of Hawaiʻi

Robyn Ah Mow-Santos, ’96, USA Volleyball Team member and former Olympian

Daniel Akaka, BEd ’52, MEd ’66, U.S. Senator (retired)

Arsenio Balisacan, PhD, ’85, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority of the Philippines

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2014)

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is released by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, also known as Shanghai Ranking. This ranking uses six indicators to rank world universities. Each year more than 1200 universities are ranked and the best 500 are published. For more information, please click here.

UHM Overall Ranking in the World: 151-200

UHM Overall Ranking in U.S.: 65-77

Sciences: 76-100

Social Sciences: 101-150

Physics: 44

Economics/Business: 151-200

Note: Rankings appear as a range when no more specific information is available.

Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities (2014)

The Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities is released by National Taiwan University, also known as NTU Ranking. This Ranking provides overall rankings, rankings by six fields, and rankings by 14 selected subjects. NTU ranking employs bibliometric methods to analyze and rank the world’s top 500 universities selected from more than 4000 research institutions listed in the Essential Science Indicators (ESI). For more information please click here.